Celebrate Your Marriage Anniversaries

By Staff
Celebrating Wedding Anniversaries

Your anniversary marks the day,
When you both said "I do."
The two of you became as one,
A marriage bright and new.

Wedding anniversary is an opportunity each year to rekindle the love and affection that once brought two people together and celebrate by often reflecting on the milestones. It is a time to reignite the romance that once captured the other's heart, affection, and love. How could such a significant day be appropriately celebrated? Some take anniversary trips, make large purchases for the family, some follow the traditions of paper, cotton, and so forth, while others just enjoy a quite romantic evening together.

However, wherever, and whenever you honor your anniversary there are some staples that can always enhance the experience. You can never go wrong with chocolate, flowers, candles, and lingerie. With the right combination of these you can create an atmosphere of romance not matter the location. It is far more about the people than the place. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the loving marriage. However, sometimes it can be hard to make the anniversary the best it can be. These days, married couples are looking for more than just a dinner served with red roses.

Ways To Celebrate Your Wedding Anniversary
Your wedding anniversary is a major event. Prepare for your wedding anniversary celebration in advance so that everything goes smoothly.

Present him/her with a bouquet of roses. Order the roses a day or more in advance and have them delivered right to the doorstep. He/she will be very pleased with this romantic gesture.


Do go for a candle light dinner. Just the 2 of you in a favorite restaurant.

Relax together and take a break from your regular routine. If you both can, take a day's leave from work. Make your arrangements in the office in advance. If you can't try to go home early for a change, so you can spend more time together.

Don't forget the anniversary gifts. There is a different gift for each year or marriage. You might want to go with the traditional or modern gift this anniversary.

Each year, give your loved one a wedding anniversary ring to signify that year of marriage you have just shared together.

On your 10th wedding anniversary, have a party. Invite those who are dear to both of you to attend. In the presence of everyone, renew your wedding vows and exchange a pair of wedding anniversary rings, to commemorate the event.

Wedding Anniversary Gifts

Traditionally, gifts exchanged or given in the early years of marriage were practical household items to aid the couple in starting a new home together. Luxury gifts tend to be given in the later years when the couple has already acquired things they need. The more cynical-minded might see the increase in gift value over time as an incentive to stay married! The following section outlines the main wedding anniversaries and associated themes
First - paper

Fifth - wood

Tenth - tin

Fifteenth - crystal

Twentieth - china

Twenty-fifth - silver

Fiftieth - gold

Sixtieth - diamond

The logic of such designations is that of hierarchical value, based on market prices. The idea is that happiness, or at least stability, deserves rewards, and the more stability the greater the reward.

Above all, any wedding anniversary celebration is a celebration of a couple"s love for one another and can be as large or small, formal or informal and private or shared as you want it to be.